 President Grover Cleveland Timeline
Important Dates, World and National Events During His Lifetime
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| 1837 |
Born in Coldwell, New Jersey on March 18th |
| 1881 |
Elected mayor of Buffalo |
| 1884 |
Elected President of the United States |
| 1885 |
Sworn in as the 22nd President of the U.S. |
| 1885 |
Vice President Thomas Hendricks dies |
| 1886 |
(June 2) Married Frances Folsom |
| 1886 |
Cleveland signs the Presidential Succession Act |
| 1886 |
The Statue of Liberty was given to the United States from France and was dedicated by President Cleveland in New York on October 28th |
| 1887 |
The Interstate Commerce Act was first federal law to regulate railroads and other transportation |
| 1888 |
The Department of Labor is established |
| 1888 |
Cleveland renews the Chinese Exclusion Act restricting Chinese immigration to the U.S. |
| 1888 |
Lost the election for President to Benjamin Harrison |
| 1889 |
U.S. population was 61,800,000 when Cleveland's first term ended |
| 1889 |
The Department of Agriculture was made into an executive agency by Congress |
| 1891 |
Daughter Ruth was born |
| 1892 |
Elected to second term as President |
| 1893 |
Inaugurated as the 24th President of the U.S. becoming the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. |
| 1893 |
Daughter Esther was born which was the first birth in the White House |
| 1895 |
Daughter Marion was born |
| 1896 |
Utah joined the Union as the 45th state |
| 1897 |
Son Richard Folsom was born |
| 1897 |
U.S. population was 72,200,000 when Cleveland's second term ended |
| 1903 |
Son Francis Grover was born |
| 1908 |
Died in Princeton, New Jersey on June 24th |
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